On Friday, July 28, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey dismissed the Chapter 11 case filed by Johnson & Johnson’s talc unit, LTL Management LLC, stating that the debtor did not meet the requirements...
Leadership Appointed for Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Litigation
In an order filed on July 19, judges for the U.S.D.C. for the Eastern District of North Carolina appointed the following counsel to serve as members of the leadership group for the Camp Lejeune water contamination litigation: Lead...
3M Reaches 10.3B PFAS Contamination Settlement Agreement
On June 22, chemical manufacturing giant 3M Co. reached a settlement agreement with attorneys representing 300 cities, towns and public water systems across the country over claims that the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances found in the company’s products...
Surgeon General Health Advisory on Risks of Social Media Addiction
On May 23, the United States Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, as part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), published a new health advisory that warns of the mental health risks involved in social media addiction by children and...
Plaintiff Files Consolidation and Transfer Brief with JPML on Tepezza Litigation
On March 22, 2023, plaintiff Kimberly Eaton filed a brief with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) seeking to consolidate and transfer all currently filed Tepezza litigation to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California....
Supreme Court Hears Section 230 Protections for Social Media Platforms Case
On February 21, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Gonzalez v. Google, involving Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 in which the family of Nohemi Gonzalez sued Google, Inc. The family alleges that Google subsidiary, YouTube, was responsible for...
Third Circuit Denies J & J’s Rehearing Motion for LTL Management in Talc Litigation
On Wednesday, March 22, Johnson & Johnson’s motion to have the full U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit rehear its subsidiary, LTL Management LLC’s bankruptcy case was denied, related to the 38,000 filed talcum litigation cases. The decision...
Judge Appoints MDL 3060 Leadership Team for Hair Product Litigation
On March 3, 2023, Judge Mary M. Rowland, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, appointed a number of attorneys to leadership positions for the hair product litigation cases in MDL 3060: In Re: Hair Relaxer Marketing Sales...
NY’s Litigation Coordinating Panel Grants Plaintiff’s Coordination Motion for 40 Zantac Litigation Cases
On January 26, a few weeks after a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida granted the defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment in MDL 2924 (In Re: Zantac [Ranitidine] Products Liability Litigation), New York’s Litigation Coordinating Panel granted...
Third Circuit Dismisses J & J’s Bankruptcy Filing for LTL Management in Talc Litigation
On January 30, 2023, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) subsidiary LTL Management, LLC, overturning U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan’s 2022 ruling and dealing a potential setback to the...